Michael Friel received three-month suspended sentence for injuring Laurence McMullan during 2017 match in Donegal
A Gaelic footballer from Donegal who was given a suspended sentence for injuring the scrotum of an opponent has had his conviction overturned.
Friel said he was “just trying to stop his progress” and told Judge Kelly that he “has never intended to hurt an opposition player on any field”.“It was a clumsy tackle that resulted in an unfortunate injury,” he said. “The injury was severe and I need accountability,” McMullan said. He told Mr Nolan that he was “assessing his options” before going to the gardaí and added: “I wasn’t in the right space to talk about the injury. I didn’t feel comfortable talking about a hole in my testicles”.
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